f.o. | stripes, again.

These hats--they just never fail me! Here's yet another Stripes Hat for the doc; I finally got to use some Blue Sky worsted hand dyes I had in my stash for years--so long, that this butterscotch colorway has since been discontinued. The worsted hand dyes is more aran weight than other yarns I've used for this hat, so I had to modify the amount of stripe repeats and go down a needle size. Despite that, it turned out nicely for doc's big head and he said it fit comfortably.The stripes are done in bits of Malabrigo merino worsted in black forest and Madelinetosh tosh vintage in the found pottery colorway. Finally, some speckled yarns. I've long desired to use these but never seem to find the right project (here's is one that was perfect for speckles, and another).I love that this was, yet another, complete stash busting project. And, what's more, this pattern allows for endless stash busting and color combinations because you only need little bits for stripes, could make every stripe a different color if you wanted (there's a new idea!) and the hat itself doesn't make a significant dent into one skein, depending on yardage. Cheers to that.